Japanese ukiyo-e woodcut презентация

Plan
The notion “Ukiyo-e”
The production process
Genres and plots
The old man mad about drawing
Dragon rising to the heavens
by Ogata Gekko

The notion “ukiyo-e”
“The subject matter of these paintings is everyday life of the ordinary people of Japan”
Mason P. “History of Japanese art”
Maple Viewing at Takao by Kanō Hideyori

The production process
“It included the team of four masters, so-called the 'ukiyo-e quartet'. It comprised the publisher, the designer, the block cutter and the printer.”
David Bell, “Explaining Ukiyo-e”
Stages:
Make a design
Curve several key-blocks for different colors
Using key-blocks make the final print
The example of key-block

Genres and plots
Bijin-ga – beauties
Yakusha-e – actors
E-hon – illustrations
Kachō-ga – flowers
Yokohama-e – foreigners
Surimono - postcard
Uchiwa-e – hand fan
Fūkei-ga – landscape
And other…*
Oniji Ōtani as Edobee
by Tōshūsai Sharaku
Two Beauties with Bamboo
by Kitagawa Utamaro
* The list from Mason P. “History of Japanese art”, New York, 1993

Genres and plots
Wada Heita Tanenaga killing a huge Python by a waterfall
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Dawn at Futami-ga-ura
Utagawa Kunisada

The old man mad about drawing
Great masters and genius
The most popular series:
“Manga”
“Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji”
“One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji”
Katsushika Hokusai
self-portrait

The Great Wave of Kanagawa

Some Hokusai’s works
The Dragon of Smoke Escaping from Mt Fuji
Yoshino Waterfalls, where Yoshitsune Washed his Horse
Tenma Bridge in Setsu Province
The Ghost of Oiwa
Fine Wind, Clear Morning

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